TORRINGTON >> Edgar Gonzalez, one of four Torrington teens accused of statutory rape, appeared in Litchfield Judicial District court Tuesday morning and had his case continued to Friday.

Gonzalez is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in February. He is also facing felony charges, including assault, related to a March 2012 alleged robbery. There, Gonzalez is accused of having played a part in jumping three 14-year-old boys. Gonzalez has pleaded not guilty to all eight charges in both cases.

He is being held on $65,100 bond in the New Haven Correctional Center.

Confusion over a filing by a Bridgeport attorney to represent Gonzalez as co-counsel with Bloomfield-based J. Patten Brown III will be settled during Friday's appearence. Brown objected to an "in addition to" filing made by the Bridgeport attorney, whose name was not revealed in open court, because Brown said he has has no knowledge of it.

The 18-year-old former Torrington High School football player, who was named the team's 2012 MVP, was dressed in a beige prison uniform with his hands cuffed in front of him, was only briefly in court Tuesday.

Several supporters of both Gonzalez and the victim's family were in attendance during the court proceedings. Before he was led out of the courtroom by judicial marshals, Gonzalez glanced at his mother. Some of Gonzalez's supporters appeared to be wiping away tears as they left the room.

Details of the case remain sealed. Gonzalez's football teammate, Joan Toribio, also 18, is set to appear in Litchfield court on April 23. Two 17-year-olds have also been charged with second-degree sexual assault and their cases are being heard in juvenile court. Their names haven't been released because of their age.

Brown said that he had not yet received discovery from the state related to sexual assault charges pending against Gonzalez, but that he believed robbery charges against Gonzalez were "bogus."

"I don't think there was an intent to rob anybody. I just think there were two groups of high school kids coming back from a volley ball game and my client and his buddies were on the football team and the other kids were different groups of kids who weren't on the football team and they basically decided to harass them and it's been turned into a robbery-one case. There's no weapon involved, no real evidence of weapon for that matter, nothing was taken, so I don't think it's a real robbery case," said Brown.

Witness statements available in court documents allege that one of the accused may have been carrying a screwdriver.

If found guilty of charges related to an alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl, Gonzalez faces a minimum of five years and nine months in prison to more than 20 years in prison, depending on the circumstances of the sexual assault. The circumstances are not publicly known because the case remains sealed. Gonzalez is charged with three felonies related to the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl; sexual assault in the second degree, risk of injury to a minor and risk of injury to a minor including sexual contact.

Independent of the sexual assault allegations, Gonzalez could face a minimum of six years in prison to more than 20 years in prison if he is found guilty of two felonies and three misdemeanors, based on allegations that he played a part in jumping the three 14-year-old boys.

Jeffrey Holder, 19, another Torrington High School football player and co-conspirator charged with Gonzalez in the alleged robbery, are accused of leaving the Torrington High School's annual dodge ball tournament before driving down Workman Avenue and assaulting three 14-year-old's in search of cash. Both have pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Holder is scheduled to appear in Litchfield Superior Court on April 30 for his part in the alleged robbery. Holder is facing the same charges as Gonzalez, two felonies, robbery and risk of injury to a minor, and three misdemeanors, including assault and two conspiracy to commit larceny charges.

Although cases against Gonzalez and Toribio, both of 330 Highland Ave., remain sealed, both are alleged to have assaulted two 13-year-old girls on the same evening, Feb. 10, 2013.

Subsequent to the arrests of Gonzalez and Toribio the character of victims in both cases were questioned and called names such as "snitch" and "whore" on Twitter.

Torrington Police have said they are not investigating the cyber bullying of victims as a criminal matter. Whether the online taunting would be considered "bullying" by the strict definition of the Torrington Board of Education policy remains unclear.